The following PMP® exam sample question is taken from The Free PMP Exam Simulator at http://free.pm-exam-simulator.com – The answer is at the very bottom: —————————— The team members follow what the project manager tells them because they fear that the manager has the authority to provide negative feedback in their appraisal. Which of the followingRead… Read more »
Are you or someone you know planning to prepare for the PMP Exam? Would you like to know everything that I know about the process of studying for and passing the exam? Then all you have to do is watch the following free videos on YouTube: http://pm-prepcast.com/8videos In this 8-part series from The PM PrepCastRead… Read more »
This week’s episode of The Project Management Podcast: In last week’s episode we gave you tips, tricks and lessons learned how you can improve your project communications with proper use of modern tools. Call them social media tools, call them enterprise 2.0 tools, call them whatever you want. But at the core of using themRead… Read more »
We recently received the following question from a PMP Exam Student:“There’s some confusion in my head with regards to some of the network diagram calculations. I’m lead to believe there are actually two methods to calculate ES, LF, ES etc etc The first method adds or subtracts 1 where applicable. This assumes that the startRead… Read more »
The PMP Exam is changing on August 31st, 2011 and we have just finished updating The PM StudyCoach at www.pm-study-coach.com to help you prepare for the updated exam. To be precise: We only needed to update the 12 “Take Action” worksheets, the PDU Log and we added some new items for you to read, watchRead… Read more »
Studying for the exam is a highly individual journey; however, here are a few basic study tips that you may want to consider: Go to www.pmi.org today and register for the exam. Having signed up and paid your fee is the best incentive possible. Read the PMI’s Credentials Handbook to learn everything there is toRead… Read more »
The following PMP® exam sample question is taken from The Free PMP Exam Simulator at http://free.pm-exam-simulator.com – The answer is at the very bottom: —————————— You are the project manager of a dress manufacturing company. You have been asked to estimate for a project that requires you to create 500 shirts. You know from experienceRead… Read more »
Dennis Brooke has been using web based project management communications tools since the late 1990s. In his recent interview on The Project Management Podcast he discussed how Enterprise 2.0 project management tools can make the most of communications between team, sponsors and stakeholders. PMPs can earn 30 free PDUs by listening to the entire seriesRead… Read more »
(In Appendix G, the PMBOK Guide discusses Interpersonal Skills for the project manager. We are currently reviewing these one by one in our weekly PMP exam tip.) Team building is another essential skill for a good project manager to possess. The nature of a project is that there are people from various different departments involved.Read… Read more »
The PMP Exam is changing on August 31st, 2011 and we have just finished updating The PM PrepCast to meet the new standards: We have added 10 new video lessons (4.4 hours) in which we review the new PMP Exam content. You will receive an overview, learn about all 20 Cross Cutting Knowledge and SkillsRead… Read more »